[Histonet]Need input: Ink dissolved from Cassettes during processing.

[amitapandey <@t> torrentpharma.com]

We write the sample detail on a small piece of paper using pencil not the 
pen. Also we keep the record on formal how many cassettes kept for 
processing and what were the samples? This help us to track back by chance 
if loose the detail.


Amita


From:   kiran_g <@t> sbcglobal.net
To:     "Rene J Buesa" <rjbuesa <@t> yahoo.com>, 
histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Date:   01/05/11 05:42 AM
Subject:        Re: [Histonet]Need input: Ink dissolved from Cassettes 
during  processing.
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Thank you!

Does anybody take a digital photo to correlate cassettes when using hand 
written cassettes as a back up?

Or 

Do you put a piece of paper inside the cassette as back up for hand 
written cassettes?

Need input so we can prevent future incidents.

Thx 
Kiranjit
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-----Original Message-----
From: Rene J Buesa <rjbuesa <@t> yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 07:39:14 
To: <histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>; Kiranjit 
Grewal<kiran_g <@t> sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [Histonet] No patient ID: Ink dissolved from Cassettes during 
processing.

Eleven years ago that happened in our laboratory in what we started to 
call "The Black Tuesday" (it was from Monday to Tuesday).
Thanks that we always kept all cassettes described-written in a log with 
the type of tissue and the number of pieces with their sizes.
Then we went through the list of cassettes that were stored in the baskets 
in sequential order.
That, and the cases description, allowed us to identify all the 268 
cassettes.
We also informed the chief pathologist and documented it in our QC. The HT 
that "decided" to use a different pencil to write the cassettes was 
counseled.
We also instituted a check in of the pencil before writing the daily 
cassette load.
I sympathize with your issue, it was really a nightmare in our lab that we 
were fortunate enough to overcome (thanks to our chain of custody 
procedure).
René J.

--- On Fri, 4/29/11, Kiranjit Grewal <kiran_g <@t> sbcglobal.net> wrote:


From: Kiranjit Grewal <kiran_g <@t> sbcglobal.net>
Subject: [Histonet] No patient ID: Ink dissolved from Cassettes during 
processing.
To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Date: Friday, April 29, 2011, 5:43 PM


Hi All,
 
What is the standard practice out in histology world if hand written 
cassette id washed away during processing?
 
Please share if you had any experience and how did you resolve this and 
what is your current practice.
 
 
Thank you so much!
 
-Kiranjit
 
 
 
 
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